核心词议：
n. 缺点；不利条件；损失
disadvantage 基本解释
n. 不利，劣势，短处；损失
速记方法
速记技巧 词根词缀法 记忆法dis表示否定的前缀+advantage优势、优点=不利点、劣势。
知识扩展
常用短语 at a disadvantage处于不利地位
to the disadvantage of adv.对…不利
disadvantage factor不利因素；不利因子
disadvantage 变化形式
复数： disadvantages
中文词源： disadvantage 不利因素 dis-, 不，非，使相反。advantage,有利的。 disadvantage
精选例句
1、 The disadvantages of large human brains ·the larger brains may not be better because of the cost.
人类大大脑的缺点·大大脑并不会因为成本而更好。[机器翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
2、 The disadvantages of new technology outweigh its advantages.
新技术的缺点大于优点。[机器翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
1、 But she says the results still suggest women in geoscience are at a potential disadvantage from the very beginning of their careers starting with those less than outstanding letters of recommendation.
但她表示，结果仍然表明，在地球科学领域，女性从职业生涯的一开始——从那些不那么优秀的推荐信开始——就处于潜在的劣势。
1、 They say that regardless of cognitive functions, being monolingual is a disadvantage in the increasingly international economy, even if English has become the de facto (事实上的)language of business.
他们说，抛开认知功能不谈，在日益国际化的经济中，只会一种语言是一种劣势，即使英语已经成为事实上的商业语言。
1、 Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don’t pay for them.
根据目前的解释，竞争法涉及消费者的财务劣势，当这些服务的用户不为这些服务付费时，这一点并不明显。
常见考点例句：
- America starts with one big disadvantage .
- 美国一开始就处于不利地位。
- Why would humans evolve a response that puts us at a social disadvantage ?
- 为什么人类会演化出此种反应，它会迫使人们陷入一种不利的社会处境？
- The big disadvantage is greater competition for scarce resources .
- 一大坏处则是对稀缺资源的竞争加剧。
- Disadvantage is clearly passed on early , and not just through the genes .
- 显然，不利条件是从早期传下来的，而不仅仅是通过基因。
- They were worried that the impasse had already left them at a disadvantage compared with their foreign rivals .
- 他们曾担忧这一僵局会致使他们陷入不利且无法国外的竞争者们相提并论。
